The honor of best pizza city in the United States goes not to those traditional standard bearers of pizza but instead to that innovative West Coast upstart of Portland, Oregon. Innovation is a key ingredient in Portland's pizza scene. Myhrvold gives credit to two artisan places -- Apizza Scholls and Ken's Artisan Pizza -- as jump-starting the quality pizza scene. Pizza around the worldNathan Myhrvold chomped around the world for the best pizza -- including big cities in South America and little towns in Italy. Related content The world's 50 best foodsHow did the "Modernist Pizza" authors come up with almost 1,700 pages on the topic?

Source: CNN July 17, 2021 12:33 UTC